Australia
and New Zealand
The Garbage Gang
Series 1-4
General Information

Manufacturer

Regina
Ltd.
459 Thames Highway
Oamaru
New Zealand

Years
Released From

1988-1990

Number
of Series Released

5*
(includes separate 1st Series releases for Australia
and New Zealand)

Number
of Cards Needed to Make a Series 1-4 Numerical Set*(includes separate 1st series releases for Australia and
New Zealand)

414

Number
of Variation Cards for Series 1-4*(includes separate 1st Series releases for Australia and
New Zealand)

185

Number
of Cards Needed to Make a Series 1-4 Variation Set*(includes separate 1st Series releases for Australia and
New Zealand)

599

Total
Number of Different Wrappers for Series 1-4*(includes separate 1st Series releases for Australia and
New Zealand)

7

Card
Dimensions (in Inches)

3.0
x 2.1 x 1/32

Card
Dimensions (in Millimeters)

76.2
x 54.0 x 0.794

Number
of Packs Per Full Box

48

Number
of Cards Per Pack

3

Australia
The Garbage Gang
Series 1

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New
Zealand
The Garbage Gang
Series 1

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Australia
and New Zealand
The Garbage Gang
Series 2-4

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Australia
and New Zealand
The Garbage Gang
Additional Notes

The
card and wrapper variation lists for each Australia and New Zealand The
Garbage Gang and The Garbage Gang release can be downloaded in the
section for each series or all together in the
Downloads section.

The Australia and New Zealand The Garbage
Gang consisted of five different releases. There were separate 1st
Series releases for Australia and New Zealand. The 2nd and 3rd
Series had different packaging for Australia and New Zealand, but the
cards were exactly the same. The 4th Series was exactly the same
for Australia and New Zealand.

Some of the United
Kingdom Garbage Pail Kids series were sent over to Australia and
New Zealand as test releases. The test releases were exactly the
same as the Garbage Pail Kids series released in the United
Kingdom. The United Kingdom Garbage Pail Kids
6th Series seemed to be the most abundant test release in Australia
and New Zealand. There was not an Australia and New Zealand The
Garbage Gang 5th Series, but it was possible to find the
United Kingdom Garbage Pail Kids 5th Series in
Australia and New Zealand. Based on some of the Australia and New
Zealand The Garbage Gang acetate proof sets that The Topps
Vault was auctioning, it appears that at least a few more series
were available for Regina Ltd. to manufacture.

Most likely, a full sheet of cards from
the Australia and New Zealand The Garbage Gang consisted of twelve
cards across and eleven cards down. If the uncut sheets had that
layout, there would be a total of 132 cards per uncut sheet. For
each of the Australia and New Zealand The Garbage Gang releases except
for the New Zealand The Garbage Gang 1st Series, almost every card on
the uncut sheet would be needed in order to make a complete variation
set.